Shelf.



A. G. GOONS.

SHELF.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23,1908. 916,273. Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

7 l u /6 M3 I) I L- awmda. ura! AMANDA C. COONS, OF MUIR, KENTUCKY.

SHELF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 23, 1909.

Application filed. November 28, 1908. Serial No. 464,099.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMANDA C. CooNs, citizen of the United States,residing at Muir, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shelves, of which thefollowing is a specification.-

This invention relates to hanging shelves, and comprises particularly afolding bracket for supporting a set of han ing or swinging shelveswherever desired. The bracket com-- prises a frame formed of bars orparts pivoted together, with a hook at the back whereby it may be hungfrom a rod or the like, and the arrangement is such that the bracketsand shelves when not in use may be foldedup' to occupy but little space.I

The manner of construction of the device -will be more fullyvevidentfrom the following sists of front verticaLbars 6.- and rear. verticalbars Z, with horizontal bars 8, the ends of all' these bars beingconnected by. pivots 9 whereby theymay be turned with respect to eachother to rm either a rectangular frame or to bring the bars in closerelation to each other. Connected to the top of the upper rear bar 7 isa bar 10 which isin turn connected to a hook 11 by a pivot 12, whichalso serves to connect one'end of a jointed brace consisting of two bars13 pivoted toether at 14, and connected at its front or fewer end to theupper end of the top front bar 6. Thjsproduces a frame all the membersof which are connected by pivots so that they can be swung or folded toclose relation, but which in consequence of the brace 13 will be 'suported in rectangular. position when desired hooks may moved.

The shelves 15 are laid on the cross bars 8 of two or more of thebrackets so described. The brackets are conveniently supported by meansof a rod 16 resting on two nails 17 which may be driven into a wall 18.Or the hang on nails in joists overhead, or be otherwise supported.

When it is desired to swing or fold the shelves close to the wall, theaces 13 are flexed at the joints 14, allowing the front bars 6 and thecross bars 8 to be swung up and in toward the wall where they may befastened b any convenient-device, for .instance,"a t umb nut at one ofthevpivots, as

shown at 20. The shelves 15 may, if necessar be removed before thebracket-s are fol ed up, but they can be folded to a considerable extentwithout removing the shelves. And when the devices are taken down formovin or storing the same the parts may be fol ed together to occupyvery little space, the shelves of course being re- The invention enablesa set of shelves to be guickly put up and taken down, and .will be oundvery desirable where shelves have to be moved at any time, aslfrom onehouse to another. For a shelf which hangs from overhead, the hooks 11,can bepffset over the middle of the .s'helve's, so that they w ill hanglevel.

I claim: 1

The combination of a pair of brackets each comprising front andrearvertical bars, horizontal cross bars connecting the front and -rearbars,all of said bars being pivoted together, a hook connected to theupper end

